Come see our coaches, FINS Director Nick Kaufman, and all your OFST friends. Register for swim/dive teams, and get fitted for and order your team suit from Aardvark Swim and Sport. Once again, our suit will be the TYR Phoenix in Navy/Red/White available in both thick and thin straps. Check it out at http://www.tyr.com/shop/women-s-phoenix-splice-diamondfit-swimsuit.html

From Coach Jessie: There is still plenty of summer left to join the young, enthusiastic OF dive team. Winter Gymnasts can cool-off with summer fun or kids interested in learning a new sport with lots of area training available year-round. Stop by the dive-well between 5-7pm to meet Coach Jessie and the kids.

Come see our coaches, FINS Director Nick Kaufman, and all your OFST friends. Dive Team New and Old, Come meet the 2015 Dive Coach Jessie Gendelman (returning OF Diver!), see your OFDT friends. Register for swim/dive teams, and buy your team suit from Aardvark Swim and Sport. Have your kids try them on at registration night to make sure they fit. Our new suit will be the TYR Phoenix in Navy/Red/White available in both thick and thin straps.

Spring is the perfect time to prepare for the upcoming summer diving season! Let the professionals at Montgomery Dive Club help you to get ready for your best summer of diving ever. Coaches Nikki Glazer, Katie Routh and Chloe Kim are bringing fresh excitement and diving expertise to our Human Springs classes this session at Germantown Indoor Swim Center.

Tilden Woods Pool is hosting a Teen Night for middle schoolers and up on Monday, June 30 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Come hang out with your friends, and enjoy some snacks and fun! Teen Night is an exchange night so we hope to see our Old Farm Pool friends there!

We are up to 20 divers, once all arrive. Our first meet is on June 15th! Yes, Father’s Day. It seems to be a dive league tradition to have a meet on this day. In anticipation, our parents need to be prepared to help with table work(3-4), judging (2), referee-ing(1) and concessions. This is a copy of what the league sent me:

Our first judges/refs clinic will be at the Ashton Pool on Sunday, June 8th at 10 am (conveniently located and timed to precede the Ashton Rookie Invitational!) Doug Beavers will run the judging portion and our Rules Committee will run the referee certification portion of the clinic. Please check the website to see whether your veteran judges/refs have current certifications (must have taken a clinic in Summer 2012 or later) and ENCOURAGE LOTS OF NEW PARENTS TO ATTEND. Also, please encourage all your referees to attend a clinic, even if they’re currently certified. Our Rules Committee is bulking up the referee test to better educate our referees and referees will the opportunity to learn more about our new line up rule, which we’re introducing for the summer.

For judges/referees who cannot make the Sunday clinic, we will have three additional clinics: Tuesday June 10 (6:30 pm) at Potomac Woods; Friday June 13th (6:30 pm) at Rock Creek; and Thursday June 19th (6:30 p.m.) at East Gate.

Divers: There is a new dive designation this year. Those divers that do not press the board or do a hurdle in the front or back dive will be doing what is now called a Line Up.
The DD for this is .8 (the same for front, less for back)

NEW FOR 2014:

For all age groups, divers may substitute 001 (forward lineup, d.d. 0.8) for 101.

For all age groups, divers may substitute 002 (back lineup, d.d. 0.8) for 201

Judges and Reps are being instructed to be patient with the new terminology with the (young) divers as it may seem confusing.

Dive Practice begins NEXT TUESDAY May 27 at 5pm. Bring an extra towel to stay warm!

Update: On Sunday, April 27th we had to make an update to our calendar system on the website. As a result, if you had previously subscribed to any of our calendars, we need you to resubscribe as the addresses changed. The correct links are at the bottom of this post. Sorry about the hassle!

We’ve been busy getting all of the activities planned for this season posted to the Old Farm Pool website as well as our Facebook page. Now for your planning pleasure, all of our social activities, swim team and dive team events are posted.

And for those of you that would like to easily keep track of these events in your own calendar, here are some handy links below. Just click on any of these links and they will be automagically added to your calendar.

Old Farm Youth Lessons Program: (Beginner Swimmers)

A daily group lessons program offered to Old Farm’s youngest swimmers. In order to participate, swimmers must be toilet trained and willing to get into the shallow area of the pool. FINS coaches will work with swimmers in a group setting (between 3 and 6 swimmers) to further swimmers’ comfort level in and around the water, while learning the basic components to a successful freestyle. The program will run for 6 weeks and offer practice from 10:30am to 11am from Monday through Friday. Every week will start a new session. We must have interest from at least 3 swimmers per session during the registration period in order to offer the program on that week.

General Lessons Program – Private & Group: (All Ages)

From Monday through Friday all summer long our FINS coaches will be available for private and small group lessons to swimmers of every age and ability. Our coaching team will have a great deal of flexibility in the summertime, and whether you just want to fix that flip-turn, or learn how to swim , our lessons team will be excited to help. You can sign up for private lessons all summer long, or just once every now and again, it’s up to you! We will also be able to take on any group lessons requests that you might have, should you be interested in having your swimmer and his/her friends practice together with a FINS/OF coach.

FINS Summer Nights: (Ages 6 – 14)

A twice a week stroke development program that will meet on Monday and Thursday evenings and will be available to any and all swimmers, ages 6 to 14, so long as the swimmer can complete one length of the pool. This program will be an extension of our year-round program and will continue to teach all aspects of every stroke, along with complementary technical skills like starts, turns, streamlines, etc. Old Farm members may sign up for 2 week periods.

When: Monday & Thursday Evenings – 6:15pm to 7:15pm

Where: Old Farm Pool

Start Date: Monday, June 2nd

End Date: Thursday, July 24th

Ages: 6 – 14

Cost for Old Farm Members – Full Program: $230 (8 Weeks – 2x per week)

FINS Elite: (Ages 10&up)

On Tuesday evenings, we will invite some of our most accomplished FINS coaches to run specialized 90 minute clinics which will cover all the different strokes and disciplines of our sport with great detail. Swimmers will watch and be talked through different drills and demonstrations and then have an opportunity to receive hands-on feedback as they try the drills and skills themselves. Our FINS coaches will include an NCAA National Champion, a Pan-American Gold Medalist, Big-East & ACC champions, as well several other local MCSL and High School swimming legends! We’ve found these clinics to be a wonderful learning tool for those FINS swimmers who are looking to better understand the higher levels of our sport.

Old Farm Eagle Divers: These classes are available now and fill up quickly. If you are interested in preparing for the season, these sessions are close, and very good. Several divers from our team have enjoyed them– especially the Dry Session!

MDC In-Water Classes – Perfect for Summer League Divers

Available times and days at Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center in Rockville:

Monday 5 – 6:30 pm

Monday 6:30 – 8 pm

Wednesday 6:30 – 8 pm

Friday 6:30 – 8 pm

Available times and days at Germantown

Monday through Friday 4 – 5:30 pm

Monday through Friday 5:30 – 7 pm

Available times at Olney Swim Center

Monday 5:45 – 7:15

Wednesday 5:45 – 7:15

Session duration: Now through June 15

Cost for one class per week = $260 per session

Register in person at the front desk of the facility the day of your class

MDC Dryland Diving Classes – Learn new dives safely and quickly

MDC offers one-hour classes in our Dryland Training Center. The Center is located less than 50 yards from the Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center in Rockville. These classes are an outstanding way to quickly improve your take-off, somersaulting and twisting skills. Use trampoline, ropes and dry boards to learn quickly and effectively. Plus it’s great fun! The dryland classes are also a perfect way to gain the skills and confidence for new dives like inward dive, reverse dive, and front 1 1/2.